The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03


PRssipExr SrAi nfxo Of tho Chicago
Base Ball Club .sceivoi letter on the
sist. from The Yale pitcher, Hutchinson,
declining the o6,r 81 m engagement with
the Chicagos.
Psor. Wow rrLLrv suiciiei At New
York on tho 2Sd by shooting himself he
left note requesting that his body Dc
crcmatcd.
Tnr outlook for Canadian crops Is not
reported As nattcrlng-
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has accented the
citizens invitation 10 visit 81 Louis on
the occasion Of the Grand Army encamp-
meat in September.
Lonp coLix CAMPBELL has bcen adj
judged bankrupt
NELSON, Of Boston, won the 100 milo
bicycle race at Ciarksville. No. on the 3Sd
covering the distance in six hours ana
forty seven minutes.
OrLIAxoFF, who was executed recently
az plotter against the Car. was guaran-
tccd 4 pardon II Re would ask for IL He
declined 10 do 50.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has been COM
peeled 10 decline the invitation 20 visit
New Haven. Conn. on June II, the occa-
sion OF the dedication OF the soldiers' and
sailors monument
NINE men were arrested At the Eagle
Hotel In Portland. Me-, on the 23i. on sus-
picion OF having in possession quantity
Of counterfeit coin. Their names are
David Steinburg. James Burke, Louis
simeon, B. r. Hamblin, Louis Wirtcm-
burg and J. p Broderick, OF New York;
Benedict 7. Davis, Of Newark, and VIM.
Chase. OF Boston
Tue President has appointed Commodore
D. b. Harmony, VIM. 4. Wallace, OF New
York; H s. Van Eaton, OF Mississippi; Asa
Morgan, Of Arkansas; Thos- A. Logan, OF
Iowa, and Prof. d. G. Gilman, Of Johns
Hopkins University, As m embers OF the
board Of visitors to the Naval Academy II
Annapolis.
JAMES Preston. the oldest man In New
Jersey, died at Brownstown on the night
OF the III. He retained his faculties un-
til the hour OF his death He was born
December %, Ira Up TO the time Of his
death he managed farm OF over one
hundred acres.
WV. ANDREWS, an amateur baiioonist.
fell seventy feet from his burning balloon
at Oskaloosa, la, on the 23l, and was
crushed to death on roof. The balloon
had ignited in mid-air.
The execuiive order consolidating and
districts will take effect June Is. or as
soon thereafter as practicable
THE convention between England and
Turkey. in relation to control Of
Egypt. requires the adhesion Of all the
Powers before il becomes operative. En-
gland Is 10 be mandatory Of the Powers in
the event OF disorder In Egypt
The village Of Hawthorne, Wis, on the
Omaha road. about eighteen miles south
OF Superior City. was entirely des troyed
on the I'D by fire. which was sweeping
through the valuable timber IN that vicin
ity. No lives lost
THE insurance on the property destroyed
at Lake Linden. Mich, amounts to $395,-
900. Two fatalities occurred John Casey
was burned Ia barn and Andrew Holse-
berger had his skull crushed Chicago
and milwaukee merchants are contribut-
ing to the sufferers
THE entire live stock az Joseph Barton's
dairy at Baltimore MI, comprising
eighteen cows, were killed on the sd. by
order OK DR.. Robert Ward. state Veterin-
airy Surgeon. The cows were suffering
from pleuro-pneumonia The stable Will
be burned
Fathers RYAN and Slattery have been
released from prison at Dublin.
A MEETING OF the American Trottinl
Association was held on the 24th at Chi
cago.
JuDeE THURMAN says he viii not run
for Governor Of Ohio.
The St Louis delegation at Washing
ton left for home on the night Of the 24th
Muca violence Is reported in the strik
ing miners regions OF Belgium.
The National Butchers Association be
gan its second annual convention at Chr
cago on the 24th-
CouxT HERBERT BISMARCK was sudden
" summoned to return from London 4
Berlin on the 24th-
ArroRxEY-GExERAL GARLAND says HI
will never hold public ONCE after he re
tires from his present position
TIE Right Worthy Grand lodge Of Goo'
Templars began it, thirty-third annua
| session at Saratoga, n. ", on the 24th.
THE Pope has issued an allocution J.
which he speaks joyfuIly Of the peace be
| tween Prussia and the Vatican
| MAROON l. SEGurs, manager Of tn
| Philadelphia Um brclla Company, Is q dc
fAulter for <S5.v0I and has fed
! The National Assembly 81 Presbyterian
| Cyorth) at Omaha has declared in favo
| OF general cooperation OF Evangelica
| churches.
| A VIEW deal in railroad circles Is r.
ported from New York. by which. II
claimed. the Atchison. Topeka & SAINT
Re secures a direct st. Louis and Chicag
line.
THE Southern Presbyterian General A.
sembly, at its session Ia st. Louis on tn
14lh. discussed at length the question I
organic union with the Northern Al
sembly, tile speakers being Rev. ID
Smoot, OF Texas. and Colonel Livingston
OF Georgia
JrDeE TooHEY,at San Francisco. dcnie
writ OF habeas corpus In the case
Jimmie Hope, the famous burglar. and r
manded him 10 the custody OF Parsor
and Rogers. the New York detective
He has been taken East
President CLEVELAND has refused
pardon James J. Stanley. OF st. Loui
sentenced TO ninety days in jail for fraud
lent registration
II FIRE AZ Chippewa Falls, Wis, on q
! oath, destroyed the Chippewa IA
Woollen mills. Loss. fli.50J; insurans
$4,000 Later reports from the Ha'
thorne Are state that the fire az that pla
was not 30 bad ~ was reported. Only
| few houses were burned.
4 H. 9. ANDERSON. formerly OF 81. Lou
| was arrested az Kan sas City, Mo-, on !
oath. Just as he was in the act OF entcri
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